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| Alessandro Sabatelli / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter introduces live 360-degree videos on Periscope and Twitter from select partners — Today, we're introducing a new way to see what's happening on Twitter - through live 360 video. — Starting today, you can check out live, interactive 360 videos from interesting broadcasters and explore what's happening with them.
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As the list of SV startup scandals grows, entrepreneurs' “fake it till you make it” ethos garners continued scrutiny from reporters, while investors defend bets — As the list of startup scandals grows, it's time to ask whether entrepreneurs are taking “fake it till you make it” too far.
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Business Insider and Feld Thoughts. Tweets: @shiraovide, @raju, @ellenhuet, @anildash, @howardlindzon, @alexsteffen, @eringriffith, @rafat, @brentbeshore, @rapoportwsj, @vkopytoff, @asanwal, @davemcclure, @eringriffith, @patio11, and @oliviasolon
| David Barboza / New York Times: |
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's biggest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou, with billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies to Foxconn — A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, the world's biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Apple's most profitable product.
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Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Ford debuts upgraded self-driving car with extra compute power, better vision with improved LiDAR sensors; Ford plans to triple fleet to 90 vehicles in 2017 — Ford has developed a new generation of autonomous development vehicle, a hybrid Fusion that uses the same essential platform …
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Ford Motor Company, Business Wire, Hit & Run, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, CIO.com, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, CNET, Seeking Alpha, Detroit News, CNNMoney, USA Today, Electrek, Engadget, Ubergizmo, and SlashGear. Tweets: @benasmith
| Flurry Blog: |
44% of global smartphone and tablet activations from December 19-25 were iOS, down 5% YoY, while 21% were Samsung devices; Pixel, Pixel XL not among top sellers — With the dates of Christmas and Chanukah synced this year, smartphones were once again predominate on everyone's wish lists.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Report: police sought Echo data with warrant in murder case; Amazon declined to share the data Echo logged on servers but did provide suspect's account details — Amazon's Echo devices and its virtual assistant are meant to help find answers by listening for your voice commands.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus acquires The Eye Tribe, a 16-person startup that makes software and a $99 developer hardware kit for eye-tracking — The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus' latest buy, The Eye Tribe. Oculus confirms to me that this …
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| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
South Korea's antitrust regulator fines Qualcomm $850M+, says firm forced phone makers to pay royalties for too broad a set of patents on modem chip sales — South Korea's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it fined U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc 1.03 trillion won ($854 million) …
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| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Lenovo updates Thinkpad lineup with Microsoft Precision TouchPad drivers, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, Intel Optane SSD support, unveils Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C docks — Today Lenovo is announcing a refresh of most of its ThinkPad lineup, and although the model numbers have only changed a bit …
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| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
FDA publishes new cybersecurity guidelines for securing medical devices, but the recommendations lack enforceability — The FDA outlined how medical device manufacturers should ward off cyberattacks, but didn't include plans for enforcement — Today, the US Food and Drug Administration released …
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FDA Voice, Engadget, BBC, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, CNET, International Business Times, Modern Healthcare, and Tom's Hardware. Tweets: @sub8u
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces “Amazon Digital Day”, a sales holiday on December 30 with 1K+ digital deals on subscriptions, TV shows, music, movies, and more — Amazon is known for creating its own, exclusive sales holidays and events to boost its bottom line, as it has done with Prime Day …
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Singapore will add iris scans as identifier for citizens and permanent residents starting January 1 — Singapore's immigration department will begin collecting iris images of citizens and permanent residents as an additional personal identifier, which is aimed at improving the efficiency of its operations.
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Singapore Ministry …, The Straits Times, TODAYonline, and Channel NewsAsia. Tweets: @digiphile
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